"What's going on?" Han Li raised his eyebrows and asked.
"They didn't let me go with them. I was worried, so I let Nian Yu go with them. It's already a Mahayana Stage monster now, so I thought it was safe. Now it seems … Something must have happened to my brother …" Meng Qianqian murmured with an ugly expression.
Han Li's eyes flickered. He looked at the green bird and communicated with it using his Divine Will.
He said, "Yungui and the others are trapped in a forbidden area of the Mengchi Kingdom. Nian Yu escaped to inform you."
"Master Li, please allow me to rescue my brother immediately." Meng Qianqian's expression softened a little and she immediately said.
"Why don't you ask me to help you?" Han Li was slightly surprised and asked.
"Although I'm slow-witted, I know that the reason why you want to leave the Beihan Celestial Realm is most likely because of the upcoming changes.
I'm already very grateful that you made a special trip to see us. I wouldn't dare to delay your journey. "Meng Qianqian hurriedly said.
"Nian Yu is at the Mahayana Stage, but she was seriously injured. It's obvious that the other party's cultivation is much higher than yours. How can you save them?
Moreover, the Mengchi Kingdom is not too close. Can they hold on until you arrive? "Han Li nodded in his heart and asked.
"This …" Meng Qianqian was speechless.
"Let's go. It won't take long." Han Li said lightly.
"Uncle, I'll take care of this injured big bird."
Before Meng Qianqian could answer, Jintong had already walked over and patted his chest with a smile. When he grinned, there was a little red oil at the corner of his mouth.
The green bird Nian Yu immediately felt its feathers stand up when it saw Jintong. It struggled to get up on its own, but it fell down several times because its injuries were too serious.
"Jintong, do you know how to read?" Han Li glanced at Jintong and asked.
"Of course. I've been studying the various ancient books in the bracelet these days!" Jintong's face immediately puffed up and he shouted angrily.
"I didn't expect you to know how to read. I thought you only knew how to eat." Han Li raised his eyebrows and shook his head.
"Uncle, don't look down on me. I discovered that I vaguely know some of the things mentioned in these ancient books. This is probably talent, right?" Jin Tong's expression immediately changed when he heard that and he hastily shouted.
"Then how are you going to take care of Nianyu?" Han Li asked.
"This is too simple."
Jin Tong said proudly. At some point in time, a pill had already appeared in his hand. He waved his hand and tossed it into the large bird's beak.
Nian Yu swallowed it in one gulp and looked at Jin Tong with vigilance.
Jin Tong curled his lips in disdain. "So delicate and useless. How is that like my Xiao Bai?
Xiao Bai, where are you? Why are you slacking off again? "
As she spoke, her gaze turned and looked at the white jade Pi Xiu pendant hanging on Han Li's waist.
"You're bothering me again …" The light on the pendant trembled and a reluctant voice sounded.
"You don't know how to appreciate my kindness. I asked you to eat something good with me just now, but you're still putting on airs!" Jin Tong raised his eyebrows and said.
"I'm not interested in the food of mortals," the white jade Pi Xiu said with a buzzing voice.
"Then don't regret it!" Jin Tong said angrily.
However, the pendant responded to her by swaying a few times.
With Jin Tong's interruption, the atmosphere immediately relaxed.
Han Li flipped his hand and took out a few pills of various colors. He asked Meng Qianqian to feed them to Nian Yu.
"I already know the location. You should stay here and recuperate."
Han Li said to the large green bird. He waved his hand and a green flying carriage floated in the air.
Then, he flicked his sleeves and brought Meng Qianqian and Jin Tong onto the flying carriage. They shot into the night sky like a ray of light and disappeared into the night sky.
…
South of the Ancient Cloud Continent, Mengchi Country.
The capital of the country, Haoyun City. The city gate was closed for the past few days. The people in the city were forbidden to go out at will.
It was the latter half of the night, and the streets of the city were quiet. The houses on both sides of the street did not even have many lights on. If it wasn't for the occasional fully-armed soldiers in the alleys, the capital region would have been regarded as a ghost city.
Unlike the dead silence in the outer city, the imperial palace in the south of Haoyun City was brightly lit. There were imperial guards patrolling everywhere. The spacious imperial garden behind the Yangxin Palace was surrounded by layers of guards.
There were hundreds of people guarding the garden and their auras were faintly fluctuating. All of them were cultivators.
The leader was a white-bearded old man dressed in a purple brocade robe. He was slender and had a sage-like demeanor. He was a Mid Void Refinement Stage cultivator.
This person was Xu Shou, the ancestor of the Xu family who was secretly in charge of the Mengchi Country.
At this moment, his long white eyebrows were tightly knitted and his expression was very unsightly.
Just half a month ago, the descendants of the Meng Chi Country's original imperial family had actually joined forces with the Yun Family to suddenly attack. Some of the old ministers of the previous dynasty had actually cooperated with them from the inside, catching them unprepared.
By the time he came out of his emergency seclusion, more than half of the cultivators of the Xu family had been killed or injured, and the puppet emperor they supported, the trash Madam Gao, who lived a life of debauchery and drunkenness, had been frightened to death day after day. Her heart had been broken, and she had been scared to death.
After he quickly stabilized the situation of the family, he personally came to fight with the descendants of the Sun Clan.
Unexpectedly, they joined forces with a junior of the Yun family. He didn't know what kind of opportunity the two of them had. Not only were their cultivation methods of a higher level than his, but they also had an endless number of magic treasures. Although his cultivation level was higher than theirs, he couldn't do anything to them.
What was even more shocking to him was that the two of them had brought a Great Ascension Stage bird beast with them. Had it not been for the timely arrival of his backer, he would've already lost his life.
A middle-aged man with a mole on his face saluted the old man and respectfully said, "Ancestor, these rebels have been hiding in this dry well for two days. We've extracted the spiritual Qi from the well with a formation given to us by Benefactor. It will take at most four hours for the restriction to be broken."
"The Yun family has been operating in the Mengchi Country for many years," Xu Shou calmly commanded with a sullen expression. "I don't know how many resources they've spent to construct this restriction. We must not be careless in case they have any hidden tricks up their sleeves.
This time, we must cut the weeds and eliminate the roots. We can't let a single one of them escape. "
"If Benefactor didn't insist on chasing that Demonic Beast, breaking this restriction would be a piece of cake …" The middle-aged man said casually after hearing the words.
Xu Shou was about to reprimand him for talking nonsense when his expression suddenly changed and he looked up into the night sky.
He saw a yellow streamer across the night sky and landed on the edge of the dry well.
"Greetings, Benefactor …" Xu Shou saw who it was and immediately bowed.
The rest of the people directly knelt on the ground and didn't even dare to raise their heads.
At the edge of the dry well, an ordinary Youth man in a yellow robe glanced at the middle-aged man kneeling at Xu Shou's feet. With a fierce look on his face, he casually waved his hand and took off the middle-aged man's head.
Blood suddenly burst out and sprinkled on Xu Shou's body, but he just tensed up and didn't dare to move.
The Youth man was expressionless. He took the middle-aged man's Yuanying into his hand and gently rubbed it, turning it into powder.
Previously, he went to chase the strange cyan bird and found that the beast was only at the Great Ascension Stage, but its speed was faster than a late Great Ascension Stage cultivator. He tried his best but couldn't stop it, so he was in a bad mood.
This middle-aged man didn't know what to say, so he was killed to vent his anger.
"How is it?" The Youth man asked casually.
"Benefactor, we should be able to break it in another four hours," Xu Shou hurriedly replied.
"I can't wait. After cleaning up this mess, I have to rush back to the sect.
From now on, your Xu family will send more offerings to the Shiji Hall. "The Youth man said indifferently.
When Xu Shou heard this, his heart couldn't help but sink.
Originally, their Xu family took over the Mengchi Country for the Huayang sand vein in this country, and they originally wanted to offer most of the harvest to the Youth man from the Shiji Hall.
Now, the other party said to double the amount, where would they get any profit?
"What, is there a problem?" Seeing that he didn't answer, the Youth man raised his eyebrows and asked.
"No, no … I will obey the Benefactor's decree." Xu Shou's body trembled and quickly replied.
When the Youth man heard this, he no longer paid attention to him. With a wave of one hand, a yellow talisman appeared on each of his five fingers.
After chanting in his mouth, the five talismans burned with a "whoosh".
With a wave of his hand, five different colors of fire flew out and fell into the well.
The mouth of the well lit up with a yellow light, and a circle of yellow magic circle was activated. It cooperated with the five flames and rushed toward the mouth of the well.
"Boom"!
A layer of dim golden light curtain emerged from the mouth of the well. With a sudden flash, it collapsed directly.
Immediately afterward, seven or eight colorful lights suddenly rushed out from the mouth of the well. They flew into the sky like fireworks and scattered in all directions.
However, before they could disperse, a huge colorful umbrella came down from the sky. As it rotated, an invisible suction swept out, and all the lights were pressed back to the ground. The light converged, but a cultivator was scattered around the dry well.
The Xu family cultivators who had been waiting outside immediately surrounded these people. Each of them held a weapon and looked at these people with a grin on their faces.
Near the well stood a green-robed youth with a crescent-shaped jade pendant hanging from his waist. He looked rather simple and honest, and he was supporting a burly man of similar age who looked like an iron tower.
These two people were none other than Meng Yungui and Sun Buzheng.